A vehicle slammed into a supermarket in Westwood Thursday, killing three people and injuring six others.
The crash was reported at 12:11 p.m. at the 99 Ranch Market at 1350 S. Westwood Blvd., on the corner of Rochester Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene, according to LAFD Capt. Erik Scott, and four others were taken to hospitals — two in serious to critical condition and two in moderate condition. Two other people were evaluated at the scene but declined to be taken to a hospital.
It was unclear where the three victims who died were located, although video from the scene showed at least one body outside the store.
Scott said multiple people wound up trapped beneath the silver sedan inside the market. It was unclear if any of those were among the deceased.
A triage operation was set up by LAFD personnel outside the market, an Asian foods store.
The massive rescue response closed a stretch of Westwood Boulevard, which was completely blocked by emergency vehicles.
It remained unclear what caused the crash, but fire officials said the driver of the car apparently struck a bicyclist before careening through the glass windows in front of the store.
LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz told KTLA5 the bicyclist who was struck survived and declined to be taken to a hospital. Scott said the car’s driver remained at the scene and was speaking to investigators, and apparently was not seriously injured.
The building was previously the site of a Borders bookstore.